List of birthday flowers

Birthday flowers are ascribed by tradition for those born on any given date in the year in Europe and the West. Not all are precisely flowers, however. They are listed below.

1 January
2 February
3 March
4 April
5 May
6 June
7 July
8 August
9 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
13 References
14 External links

January

1 - oak geranium
2 - Rosa multiflora
3 - cactus
4 - aloe
5 - hydrangea
6 - ice plant
7 - Japanese rose
8 - laburnum
9 - lavendar
10 - a withered leaf
11 - lemon

12 - lemon blossom
13 - imperial lily
14 - hyssop
15 - marigold
16 - yarrow plant
17 - rosemary
18 - rue
19 - sage
20 - snowdrop
21 - southernwood
22 - mullein

23 - nightshade
24 - oak leaf
25 - motherwort
26 - orange blossom
27 - burning nettle
28 - narcissus
29 - liverwort
30 - mignonette
31 - periwinkle

February

1 - sweetpea
2 - yellow rose
3 - saffron
4 - pansy
5 - marsh mallow
6 - mistletoe
7 - linden
8 - pineapple flower
9 - leek
10 - Common hawthorn
11 - cypress
12 - dewplant
13 - clematis
14 - gillyflower
15 - conium
16 - daisy
17 - pea
18 - ryegrass
19 - spruce
20 - yew
21 - veronica
22 - amaryllis
23 - tansy
24 - straw
25 - spearmint
26 - lady's delight
27 - bachelor's button
28 - calla lily
29 - grass

March

1 - heliotrope
2 - thorn
3 - red pink
4 - rose geranium
5 - holly
6 - dogbane
7 - hyacinth
8 - olive
9 - anemone
10 - kingcap
11 - blue violet
12 - maple
13 - ivy
14 - white violet
15 - walnut
16 - valerian
17 - sorrel
18 - shamrock
19 - snake's root
20 - lettuce
21 - pine
22 - maidenhair fern
23 - woodbine
24 - fern
25 - allspice
26 - pitch pine
27 - fir
28 - sweet briar
29 - elder
30 - hoarhound
31 - love-lies-bleeding

April

1 - columbine
2 - rush
3 - meadow saffron
4 - a single reed
5 - mouse-ear chickweed
6 - myrrh
7 - hop
8 - almond tree
9 - balsam
10 - barberry
11 - beech
12 - bindweed
13 - cinquefoil
14 - birch
15 - china aster
16 - crocus blossom
17 - daisy
18 - wild grape
19 - honey-flower
20 - withered rose
21 - wild honeysuckle
22 - yellow jasmine
23 - lady's slipper
24 - musk plant
25 - peach blossom
26 - bridal rose
27 - broken straw
28 - tulip
29 - yellow violet
30 - wormwood plant
31 - vernal grass

May

1 - American starwort
2 - chickweed
3 - May rose
4 - myrtle
5 - ophrys
6 - quince
7 - primrose
8 - white poppy
9 - snowball
10 - red poppy
11 - sensitive plant
12 - Star of Bethlehem
13 - strawberry
14 - sumar
15 - sweet William
16 - syringe
17 - thistle
18 - vervain
19 - wake robin
20 - wallflower
21 - weeping willow
22 - willow
23 - water lily
24 - wolf's bane
25 - rhubarb
26 - phlox
27 - meadowsweet
28 - oleander
29 - French marigold
30 - Carolina rose
31 - pink

June

1 - marjoram
2 - double red pink
3 - yellow pink
4 - daily rose
5 - Lancaster rose
6 - thorn apple
7 - red tulip
8 - varigated tulip
9 - thyme
10 - pomegranate
11 - Black Poplar
12 - prickly pear
13 - potato blossom
14 - mountain pink
15 - wild plum
16 - fly orchis
17 - palm
18 - mustard seed
19 - mulberry tree
20 - black mulberry
21 - peony
22 - passion flower
23 - pasque flower
24 - hemp
25 - hollyhock
26 - sweet scabious
27 - schinus
28 - snapdragon
29 - St. John's wort
30 - sunflower

July

1 - sycamore
2 - xanthium
3 - wood sorrel
4 - water willow
5 - crown of roses
6 - white rose bud
7 - red rose bud view
8 - white rose
9 - dog rose
10 - fig tree
11 - angelica
12 - basil
13 - asphodel
14 - bay
15 - belladonna
16 - bell flower
17 - bilberry
18 - bittersweet
19 - bramble
20 - bulrush
21 - Canterbury Bell
22 - celadine
23 - Indian plum
24 - white lilac
25 - lilac
26 - magnolia
27 - London pride
28 - moonwort
29 - verbena
30 - patagonian mint
31 - osier

August

1 - Burgundy rose
2 - damask rose
3 - moss rose
4 - morning glory
5 - hundred-leaved rose
6 - sardony
7 - sainfoin
8 - scabious
9 - witch-hazel
10 - whortleberry
11 - willow herb
12 - vine
13 - vetch
14 - thrift
15 - throatwort
16 - butterfly orchis
17 - pear
18 - blue periwinkle
19 - pimpernel
20 - marigolds
21 - cuckoo flower
22 - bunch of currants
23 - daffodil
24 - dahlia
25 - sweet flag
26 - live everlasting
27 - filbert
28 - flax
29 - flower-of-an-hour
30 - flowering reed
31 - foxglove

September

1 - fumitory
2 - helenium
3 - hepatica
4 - hoya
5 - humble plant
6 - iris
7 - lily-of-the-valley
8 - madder
9 - monkshood
10 - Michie
11 - cranberry
12 - jonquil
13 - love is magic
14 - acacia
15 - rose acacia
16 - Adonis
17 - boxwood
18 - buttercup
19 - cabbage
20 - China pink
21 - corn
22 - cowslip
23 - ivy sprig
24 - cress
25 - crocus
26 - dock
27 - dandelion
28 - gooseberry
29 - guelder rose
30 - blue bell

October

1 - horse chestnut
2 - juniper
3 - wheat
4 - Venus's looking glass
5 - turnip
6 - tuberose
7 - traveler's joy
8 - tamerisk
9 - swallow wort
10 - stock
11 - rudbeckia
12 - mundi rose
13 - red rose
14 - China rose (Chinese Hibiscus)
15 - raspberry
16 - split reed
17 - single reed
18 - rhododendron
19 - Austrian rose
20 - rose campion
21 - ranunculus
22 - red primrose
23 - polyanthus
24 - plane tree
25 - Indian pink
26 - larch
27 - peppermint
28 - osmunda
29 - oxeyedaisy
30 - parsley
31 - common nettle

November

1 - nasturtium
2 - mountain ash
3 - mugwort
4 - mushrooms
5 - mimosa
6 - mandrake
7 - marvel of Peru
8 - lupin
9 - lotus flower
10 - lotus
11 - lotus tree
12 - lichens
13 - field lily
14 - yellow lily
15 - laurestine
16 - mountain laurel
17 - laurel
18 - houstonia
19 - hornbeam tree
20 - honeysuckle
21 - hawkweed
22 - gourd
23 - fuchsia
24 - dark geranium
25 - nutmeg geranium
26 - silver leaf geranium
27 - gentian
28 - gorse
29 - goldylocks
30 - goldenrod

December

1 - scarlet geranium
2 - teasel
3 - French willow
4 - flower de luce
5 - fennel
6 - dragon plant
7 - diomosa
8 - althea
9 - creeper
10 - cornella
11 - cockle
12 - coreander
13 - citron
14 - cockscomb (Celosia)
15 - coreopsis
16 - rock rose
17 - chamomile
18 - Lebanon cedar
19 - carnation
20 - cardinal flower
21 - japonica
22 - petunia
23 - bear's breach
24 - chrysanthemum
25 - Christmas rose
26 - balm of Gilead
27 - ash tree
28 - arbor vitae
29 - amaranth
30 - ambrosia
31 - apple blossom

References

Jobes, Gertrude. Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols. New York:The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1962

External links

meaning of birthmonth flowers